Cultura e Opulência do Brasil por suas Drogas e Minas Open Access

Many Brazilianists in this country own at least two editions of Antonil’s outstanding work. The most popular are the Portuguese edition edited by Alice P. Canabrava and the bilingual (Portuguese-French) version edited by André Mansuy. Only one or two individuals, however, own a copy of the original edition published in Lisbon in 1711. An excellent substitute for the original and one not many people know about is this fine facsimile edition which the Museu do Açúcar has been distributing free of charge to scholars for the past few years. It contains the complete Portuguese text of the 1711 edition followed by a short but informative comment on the Cultura e Opulência by the distinguished Brazilian historian José Antônio Gonsalves de Mello. Those interested in obtaining a copy of this valuable work should write to the Museu do Açúcar, Instituto do Açúcar e do Alcool, Recife, Brazil.